The stars are sparse at night, and the stars twinkling in the sky are like God's many eyes, quietly but keenly looking down on the sky.

Yi Kongting and his entourage of five people arrived at the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city had already noticed it and woke up the small colonel at the city gate at night, and the small colonel immediately ordered the soldiers around him to knock on the gong twice, and more than 20 soldiers on night duty at Xiping Gate were alert, pulled out their knives, and stopped under the city gate.

Since the turmoil of the Su family, the rescued Lu Yingji still holds the official position of the commander of the Nine Gates, and the emperor still trusts him, and Lu Yingji has paid more attention to the defense of the Nine Gates, whether it is day or night, he has maintained a high degree of vigilance.

Yi Kongting led a few people forward, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he had already shown a sign, and said in a deep voice: "Open the city gate quickly, according to the will of the Holy Lord, there is something urgent to do!" ”

The little colonel also recognized that what Yi Kongting showed was the order of the emperor's close attendants, and there was such a warrant, which was undoubtedly sent by the emperor, and the little colonel heard that Yi Kongting's voice was high-pitched, it was the voice of the father-in-law in the palace, but he didn't dare to delay, waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to open the small city gate next to him, and let Yi Kongting and others leave.

Yi Kongting and the five of them walked out of the West City Gate, and their feet were like flying, and they quickly rushed to the west.

The soldiers at the west gate had just closed the gate, and they heard a rush of footsteps, and all the soldiers were still gathered under the city gate, and had just put away their swords, when they heard footsteps, they had to draw their swords again.

The number of people who came this time far exceeded the five of Yi Kongting and a group of hulala, but their steps were extremely light, their movements were fast and sensitive, all of them were wearing black hats, like a group of ghosts under the night sky, straight to the west city gate.

"Isn't it from the Flower Hall?" A soldier approached the colonel, "Chief, what are these guys doing here?" ”

The East and West Flower Hall, the two dark institutions of the Great Yan Kingdom, in everyone's hearts, is a group of ghostly existences, and this group of people who come over like ghosts with quick movements are naturally the first to make the soldiers think of the Flower Hall.

The little colonel didn't have time to answer, and the group of people rolled up to the city gate like a black whirlwind, and the leader had an old and low voice, and he had already handed a document to the little school: "Cabinet warrant, go out of the city to do business, open the door quickly!" ”

The little colonel took the paperwork, opened it and looked at it, and hurriedly said, "Quick, open the city gate quickly!" ”

When the group of ghosts came out of the city gate, a soldier approached and said, "Chief, what happened tonight, why did you all go out in the middle of the night?" ”

"You ask me, who do I ask?" The little colonel muttered: "Keep your eyes open, don't do anything!" ”

"Boss, I think this is a little weird." Another soldier whispered: "You see that the five people in front of them have just left the city, and a large group of people behind them are following, how do I think the group of people in the back seem to be chasing those five people?" You see, their knives are out of their sheaths! Seeing Xiao Xiao looking at him with a strange look, he couldn't help but stop.

"What do you think we're going to do?" Xiao Xiao asked with a strange expression.

"This ......!" The soldier smiled and said, "Little nonsense, the leader forgives the sin!" ”

"If you don't know, don't talk nonsense." Xiao Xiao lowered his voice and said, "What are our identities, and what are the identities of those two groups of people?" Are we involved in this? There are some things that shouldn't be taken care of, don't put one of your farts, otherwise your head will be lost, don't blame Lao Tzu for not reminding you! ”

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Yi Kongting and the five of them walked like flying, and when they walked fifteen miles out of the city, they saw that under the night, there were already three black-clothed men waiting in front of them, and eight horses were also waiting quietly in the night.

Yi Kongting didn't say much, led a few people forward, turned over a horse, turned the horse's head, patted the horse and headed west, and the seven people behind him also got on the horse one after another, following closely behind.

Eight horses galloped westward in the night, like arrows off the string.

After walking less than ten miles, Yi Kongting's face suddenly sank.

Although his skill was greatly depleted, his hearing was still very sharp, and in the midst of the strong wind, he could faintly hear the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind.

He could even tell that at least twenty horses were following in hot pursuit.

Yi Kongting raised his hand very decisively, made a few gestures, pulled the reins of the horse, turned to the left, and two followers followed him to turn to the left, and the other five eunuch masters, three continued to ride to the west, and two turned to the right, but in an instant, the eight people were divided into three directions and scattered.

After a few miles to the left, the pursuers behind were still chasing, but as Yi Kongting expected, the sound of horses' hooves showed that the pursuers behind were more than half less.

The horse galloped, a moment later, into a woods, three horses in the forest path is still galloping forward, passing under a big tree, Yi Kongting suddenly threw the reins of the horse in his hand to the subordinates who were close at hand, but the whole person was like an eagle, jumped up from the horse, jumped onto a dense tree on the side of the road, but the two subordinates did not stop the horse, one of them pulled the reins of Yi Kongting's mount, and continued to move forward, and disappeared in a moment, and Yi Kongting was hidden in the dense bushes of the big tree.

Only a moment later, six horses galloped under the trees, all dressed in large hats and hats, holding the reins in one hand and the hilt of a sword in the other.

When the six horsemen galloped past, Yi Kongting flew down from the big tree lightly, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, he reached out and touched it in his arms, and the four secret letters were safely collected in his arms, and without hesitation, he turned to the right and galloped on foot.

He saw clearly that the horses that the pursuers sat on were all purebred Wei horses, with excellent foot strength, and it would not be long before they would catch up with their subordinates, and if they found that there was no trace of themselves, they would definitely turn back and search, this forest was not a place to stay for a long time, and they must leave as soon as possible.

This forest is very wide, after a while, finally out of the woods, just the moment out of the woods, feeling extremely strong Yi Kongting immediately reached the threat near his side, he turned his head, under the night, only to see that not far from his left, three horses were silent, but the riders had already raised their heads, and the eyes under the hat were looking at themselves playfully.

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Imperial.

The emperor put down the chess pieces in his hand and smiled indifferently: "Either you die, or I die?" Yes, that's the rules of the game, I'm confused. ”

"The Holy One is not confused." Han Xuandao smiled and said: "In the hearts of the ministers, in addition to my Great Yan Founding Emperor Wu, I am the sixth generation of Great Yan kings, and the talent of the Holy Lord, second only to Emperor Wu. ”

The emperor smiled and said, "It turns out that I have such a status in your heart!" ”

Han Xuandao said with a straight face: "After the Holy Lord ascended the throne, it seemed that he did nothing, but he was very promising!" ”

"Oh?" The emperor stared at Han Xuan and said, "Where do you start with this?" ”

"The saint stabilizes the situation with a balanced strategy, cultivates his temperament, and sits and watches the family fight." Han Xuandao said calmly: "The world thinks that the saint is cowardly, and the minister of the court thinks that the saint is forbearing, but the minister only understood not long ago that the saint is playing a game of chess and setting the overall situation!" ”

The emperor laughed and sighed: "How can the bureau I set up be compared to Han Aiqing." It's just that I want to know, you say that I set up the overall situation, but I don't know how to set up a game? ”

Han Xuandao said calmly: "The Holy Lord naturally remembers what happened in the Imperial Forest Garden two years ago, the Ye and Wu families arranged for assassins to wait in the Imperial Forest Garden, and even bought a guard to participate in the army, and planted assassins in the guard team, which was a big rebellion, intending to assassinate the Holy Lord!" ”

The emperor's eyelids jumped, and he said lightly: "I naturally remember." ”

"To this day, almost everyone thinks that it was the painstaking planning of the Ye and Wu families, but the minister is not talented, and he knows that things are not so simple." Han Xuandao stared into the emperor's eyes: "The saint uses the body of ten thousand gold as bait, and the soldiers make dangerous moves, and the ministers admire the courage of the saint so much. ”

The emperor's face did not change, and he said with a smile: "Han Aiqing's words are very interesting!" ”

"The Holy One should still remember Li Xingzhi!" Han Xuandao suddenly said an unfamiliar name.

"Li Xingzhi?"

Han Xuandao nodded: "That's the first staff member next to Ye Wuxun, the head of the Ye family, if the saint doesn't remember this name, he should remember the name Shangguan Qing, right?" ”

The emperor smiled leisurely and did not speak.

"When the saint was still King Chunren, there were two powerful generals around him, one was the ancient Chaoxing of the horse, and the other was Shangguan Qing." Han Xuandao sighed lightly: "These two are the companions of the saint when he was a child, and they have a deep relationship with the saint, and they are also the two heroes who helped the saint ascend to the position of the crown prince. ”

The emperor looked strange, and finally nodded and sighed: "Yes, I was able to ascend to the throne, and the two of them contributed a lot. ”

"But these two people follow the saint, and the ending doesn't seem to be good." Han Xuandao shook his head and sighed: "The right-hand man of the saint, Gu Chaoxing was grabbed by the Ye family, detained and imprisoned, and later died in prison. Shangguan Qing was drunk and disorderly, and during the banquet in the East Palace, he raped a palace maid in the East Palace, and when everyone found out, Shangguan Qing had escaped from the East Palace and has not been heard from since. ”

A strange color crossed the depths of the emperor's eyes, the muscles on his face twitched slightly, and finally said lightly: "Han Aiqing's matter with me is really clear, and it seems that he has never thought less about it!" ”

"The saint was already the crown prince at that time, and he was about to become the king of Dayan, so the ministers naturally had to care more." Han Xuandao said calmly: "To this day, people who know these things still occasionally sigh at the impermanence of the world in private, when the two of them once assisted the saint to ascend to the position of the crown prince, who would have thought that the two pillars around the saint would end like that." After a pause, he twisted out a sunspot from the chess box, looked at the chessboard, groaned slightly, and dropped a piece before he said slowly: "But few people know that the fate of these two people is not as simple as it seems." The two pillars are just two chess pieces in the end, one is an abandoned piece and the other is a dark piece...... The saint's chess skills are superb, and the ministers are ashamed and embarrassed! ”